pellmell

Pell`mell", adv. Etym: [F. pêle-mêle, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + mêler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel, Medley.] Defn: In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." Milton.

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